My view too of "pop songs on the soundtrack". (Feh!)

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The estimable Duncan Shepherd:
And here would be the appropriate spot to pull over to the side of
the road and say that, for me, the unavoidable snag in any Crowe
film -- whatever the balance of embarrassment and ingratiation --
is the limitless playlist of pop songs on the soundtrack -- however
eclectic, however catholic, however punditic, the selection. (You
will easily recall, because Crowe will never let you forget, his
Rolling Stone credentials.) I sometimes wonder whether there might
ever come an end to that sort of thing: whether in twenty, forty,
sixty years or so, the moviegoers of the future will look back at
this practice with the same disaffection as moviegoers of today
look back at those busily, bustlingly overscored films of the
Forties. (Can't we just have a little quiet around here?) And I
wonder, too, to what source the future film historians will trace
the contagion: American Graffiti, The Graduate, what? It wasn't
always, in case you need reminding, the norm. It wasn't always the
necessity. There are of course countless current offenders -- it's
quite unthinkable these days to do a romantic comedy, in
particular, without some accompanying pop songs -- but none worse
than Crowe.

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Topic - My view too of "pop songs on the soundtrack". (Feh!) - clarkjohnsen 08:43:23 10/26/05 (10)

It can be annoying, but it does work sometimes... - ToshiroofKreplachastan 16:38:57 10/26/05 (1)

OK, yeah, sure, BUT... - clarkjohnsen 08:59:27 10/27/05 (0)

Your precious Duncan is wrong... - mkuller 10:05:52 10/26/05 (7)

I too am fond of the music Almost Famous - Road Warrior 18:55:52 10/27/05 (0)

While normally it's unwise to respond to rudeness, occasionally I do make an exception. - clarkjohnsen 10:42:26 10/26/05 (5)

Let me clarify... - mkuller 13:32:12 10/26/05 (3)

"...particularly film reviewers who don't know what it's like to be passionate about music." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 09:03:07 10/27/05 (1)

Shepherd just seems very cynical to me... - mkuller 10:48:50 10/27/05 (0)

Re: Let me clarify... - sjb 14:12:02 10/26/05 (0)

"reworking" because of the editor comment. - sjb 11:04:01 10/26/05 (0)

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